The adventure continues with the rebuilding of the "free" Craftsman 100 table saw. My friend brought back the casting with the arbor installed with new bearings. There is a bit of side play to the arbor when the end cap was replaced and it was all together. He seemed to think that it was fine and said the way the clips and bearings work, there has to be a bit of side play to let everything spin. He is a machinery repair person and I am not, but it did not seem to totally make sense to me. When the saw was reassembled and the belt is on, you can't get any play in the arbor. Am I safe to go ahead and complete reassembly or do I need to get the casting backout and try to remove the side play? (no measurement on it, but a few thousands at most). I am not sure how to get rid of the side play so am a bit lost here. Thanks in advance for any guidance and information. David
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18 years ago